On 6 and 7 March, Riga will host the GreenHeritage Policy Roundtable “Climate and Culture Negotiations”, organised by the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (ILFA), bringing together experts, scholars and representatives of intangible cultural heritage communities.
How is climate change affecting intangible cultural heritage in Latvia? How are folk traditions and traditional farming affected? What could be the strategies to adapt to climate change without losing the living heritage? These and other thematic issues will be discussed by the participants of policy roundtable.
The event is organised within the international research project “Green Heritage. The Impact of Climate Change on the Intangible Cultural Heritage”, allowing experts from different fields to get to know each other and exchange their views in thematic-led talks. The views of the participants will be translated into policy recommendations at national and European level. The first day of the talks, which will bring together participants invited in advance, will take place on Thursday, 6 March, in the reading room of the Archives of Latvian Folklore of the ILFA.
The second day of talks – 7 March – will be open to everyone. On Friday, 7 March, in the Virtaka hall of the National Library of Latvia, participants will be presented with the conclusions of the first day of policy roundtables, outlining the views of representatives of different fields on climate and cultural issues.
The roundtable is part of the international ERASMUS+ project “Green Heritage. The Impact of Climate Change on the Intangible Cultural Heritage” (D5.13 Policy Roundtable – M29), which brings together partners and researchers from Latvia, Greece, Italy, Spain and Belgium to focus on the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on intangible cultural heritage and its sustainability. Latvia is represented by the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia.
Information provided by:
Kitija Balcare, Researcher, Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia
Mobile: (+371) 29683396 | E-mail: kitija.balcare@lulfmi.lv
